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PASSAIG, 



NEW JERSEY, 

AND ITS ADVANTAGES AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 

ISSUED BY 

FRANK HUGHES, REAL ESTATE, 

BLOOMFIELD AVENUE AND PROSPECT STREET, - PASSAIC, N. J. 



COPYRIGHT BY FRANK HUGHES, 

1893. 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 




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To tbe Reader. 



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MUCH time, labor and money have been expended upon this 
little book and it is designed to reach, those who have not 
seen Passaic or heard of its many advantages. It is not sold but 
will be mailed free to you or any of your friends who would 
be interested in knowing more about our charming little city 
by sending address and four cents in stamps to pay postage to 

FRAHK HUGHES, 

Passaic, M. J. 




RESIDENCE OF OSCAR DRESLER, Esu., SUMMER STREET. 



PASSAK5. 



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ImF the people who build homes for themselves, there are three classes; those who have 
' "^fjl acquired money for which they desire a safe and permanent investment; those who by 
$ the betterment of their conditions and prospects feel warranted in taking this important 
step ; and those who feeling that they cannot afford to go on paying rent which will never 
return to them, preferring rather to see this money go out in the shape of partial payments 
for a home to which they will ultimately hold the title. To these three classes, living in 
New York and its suburban towns, this little book is intended to appeal. 

The advantages of tbe country over a great city as a place of residence are manifold, as 
evidenced by the fact that all those who can afford to do so, leave their city homes for a 
large portion of the year and go elsewhere. The expense of owning and maintaining a city 
house excbules the majority of people from possessing one, and the same argument holds good 
with reuts in desirable parts of the city. 



The home builder of moderate means must therefore choose between living in the count n' 
or the remote outskirts of the great city, and in the latter case, he misses the advantages he 
sought and meets with the inconveniences he tried to avoid. He spends a considerable fraction 
of his time in holding on to a strap in the elevated and surface cars ; his every movement 
and almost his every pleasure involve expense ; the danger to himself and family from conta- 
gious diseases is enhanced ; and to the wholesome influences of nature, he must remain 
a comparative stranger. 

On the other hand, the man who lives in the country enjoys advantages which his city 
friend misses or must pay heavily to grt. 

The social problem is easier, his surroundings are more wholesome, and in common with 
his wealthier neighbor he may derive benefit from them. The cost of living and the expendi- 
ture of time and money in getting to and from business are about the same in either case ; 
but what would be an impossibility, generally speaking, in the city, is a problem of compara- 
tively easy solution in the country ; namely, the ownership of a home. 

Taking it for granted — as we safely may — that few men will build for themselves a home 
in New York, the first question that presents itself to the prospective home-maker is "Where 
shall 1 build in the country?" We do not define the country town for desirable residence 




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as a place made up chiefly of great expectations, remote from railways, unimproved and so 
sparsely settled that a man's house might burn down without his nearest neighbors knowing it. 
The only argument in favor of such a place is the cheapness of building lots, which are 
usually expensive in the end. 

No man can afford to establish himself permanently in a place which does not j ossess the 
following requisites : — 

Good elevation, pure air and pure water. 

Accessibility to his place of business and excellent railway service thereto. 
Improved <iml shaded streets, stont sidewalks and good sewers. 
11",// equipped local stores and markets. 
Good schools and churches. 
Good society and plenty of if. 

If in addition to these it can offer still other inducements to those who are seeking a habi- 
tation, so much the better, and of such a place we desire to speak. 

Passaic, New Jersey, is located within thirty-one minutes ride from New York and is 
at head of navigation on the Passaic River. It has a population of about 17,000, a bonded 




PARK PLACE LOOKING EAST. 



indebtedness of $176,000.00 and an assessed valuation of over §5,000,000.00. It has four stations 
on the main line of the Erie Boad, two on the D., L. »fe W., and one on the N. Y., S. & W., 
with a total of 84 passenger trains daily. Also an electric street railway to Garfield and 
Paterson. It is probably the best nagged city of its size in the United States, having nearly 100 
miles of flagged sidewalks and several miles of macadamized streets. 

The public schools of Passaic are of the best sort and are based on the graded school 
standard of New York city. It has three banks, three Building & Loan Associations, sixteen 
churches, six fire companies, one daily and four weekly newspapers, three Athletic Clubs, a 
free Public Library and free Postal delivery. It has the Waring System of Sanitary sewers 
throughout, a gas system with fourteen miles of main, and an electric light system both arc 
and incandescent. It also possesses a new water system with 32 miles of mains, the source 
of supply being from the upper water shed of the Passaic and Pequannock and is pure spring 
water. Some of the public buildings are the finest of their kind in the State and the manu- 
facturing interests are very large. 

Added to these interesting facts are the natural beauties of the place, its high rolling 
ground, its shaded streets, its picturesque walks and drives, its boating on the river and various 
other attractions which go towards making Passaic an ideal place of residence. 





RESIDENCE OF MRS. H. A. BARRY, PASSAIC AVENUE. 




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RIVER DRIVE NEAR PASSAIC BRIDGE STATION. 



There are numerous pleasantries indulged in at the expense of New Jersey and which are 
studiously circulated and emphasized by those who live outside its borders. Nevertheless the 
inhabitants of Passaic have neither been devoured by mosquitoes nor destroyed by malaria, 
and it is proverbial that those who leave the town to live elsewhere generally return to it to 

slay. 

Although in a decade the population of Passaic has increased above 100 per cent, leading 
all other towns and cities in New Jersey in this respect, nevertheless there has been uo 
sudden and fictitious boom in properly but rather a steady and legitimate growth due to favor- 
able location and exceptionally good railroad facilities. 

Passaic is no place for the sensational real estate speculator with his flaring advertise- 
ments, excursion trains, free lunches and other pyrotechnic displays including the occasional 
gift of a building lot. Land in Passaic is too valuable to give away, but there are good and 
sufficient reasons why it is so. It possesses an intrinsic marketable value which insures a safe 
investment and enables the purchaser to dispose of his property without loss if he should 
decide to sell. It is of course, possible to secure land more cheaply in unimproved places, 
such as an- caricatured in the papers as "Lonelyville'' &c, but investments in property of that 
sort promise a very undesirable sort of permanency; namely a permanent inability to dispose 
of it without sacrifice. 




LAFAYETTE AVENUE, BETWEEN PENNINGTON AVENUE AND MQH STREET. 



We have merely alluded to advantages possessed by Passaic, in the way of railroad 
facilities, fine schools, improved streets, &c. It would be easy to dilate upon these 

things and tn make comparisons with other towns and cities in regard to them; but to the 
prospective buyer of property in Passaic, most of these advantages speak for themselves. It 
will nevertheless be interesting to know that so far as railroads are concerned, the end is 
not vet, and that the electric roads are to be extended so that one can make the round 
trip to and from New York for twenty cents, and the trip to Newark and neighboring towns 
for ten cents. To those who have children to educate it is only proper to say, that in the 
six free school buildings, where over 2000 pupils are in attendance, children of all grades can 
receive the best of instruction and be prepared for entrance to the best colleges in the 
country. The school books are furnished at public cost. 

Passaic is surrounded with fine farm? ami market gardens, and it is no small satisfaction 
to know that milk, fruit and vegetables can D3 had absolutely fresh each day. 




PROSPECT STREET LOOKING EAST FROM PA5SAIC AVENUE. 




HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. 




PUBLIC WARD AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL BUILDINGS 



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SOU the benefit of those who desire to locate in Passaic and to possess homes there, 
we call attention to the following land Companies, believing that the necessarily brief 
descriptions of the properties, will at least t;ive the buyer a general idea of their sit- 
uation and advantages and enable him to make an intelligent examination of them. The names 
and standing of the men connected with these companies are such as to inspire confidence 
and are a guarantee of good faith and fair treatment. 

MINERVA LAND COMPANY. 

J. H. Coffin, President; T. I). Terry, Vice-President; Fbane Hughes, Treasurer and 
Manager. About six hundred of the choicest lots in the City of Passaic in the famous 
"Hill Section" or Eastern slope, are owned by this company. They are on the highest 




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RESIDENCES ON PASSAIC AVENUE. 




PASbAIC AVENUE LOOKING NORTH FROM GREGORY AVENUE. 



portion of the City, and for flue location and magnificent views, can hardly he matched by 
any building lots in this part of the country. Many of them are thoroughly improved and 
ready for sewer connections. 

They front on Pennington Avenue, Van Houten Avenue, Ascension Street, Eeid Avenue, 
Barry Place, Passaic, Elmwood and Bradford Avenues, All don and Garfield Streets. In the 
immediate neighborhood are the finest residences in the city, and the whole section will soon 
be built up with costly homes. The prices have been kept low, namely $'200 to $400, per 
lot, and when the accessibility to the Prospect Street and Bridge Stations, the character of 
the homes already established and the magnificent location are taken into consideration, these 
figures are very reasonable and insure a good investment to the purchaser. The new depot 
of the D. L. A; \V. R. R. at Passaic and Van Houten Avenues will be within 200 yards of 
this property. 

THE PASSAIC AVENUE LAND COMPANY. 

M. E. Worthed President; W. P. Aldrich, Treasurer; Frank Hughes, Manager. 

This company's propert) li*'s on the Southwestern side of the City and is probably the 
fines! in Northern New Jersey. It comprises about 1400 lots in one body and the entire 




PASSAIC AVENUE LOOKING NORTH FROM LAFAYETTE AVENUE, 




RESIDENCE OF W. I. BARRY, Esq , PASSAIC AVENUE. 




RESIDENCE OF PETER REID, Esq., PASSAIC AVENUE. 



property slopes gently to the East from a magnificent hill 300 feet above sea level, command- 
ing views in all directions for nearly 15 miles. 

The property is naturally graded and is intersected by Passaic and Franklin Avenues and 
the River Drive and new streets and avenues will soon be opened, graded, flagged and sewered 
and the property put in market this Summer. The South Passaic station on the D. L. & W. 
is within 100 yards of the property and the new Passaic Avenue Station will be within easy 
walking distance while the Passaic Bridge depot on the Erie is less than ten minutes walk. 
The Passaic A- Newark Electric Railroad to be built this Summer will run through the 
property on Franklin Avenue bringing it in direct communication with the centre of the 
city. 

It is designed for the finer class of residences and will be rigidly restricted. Very easy 
and liberal terms will be made to purchasers desiring to build. 

HILLSIDE LAND COMPANY. 
Andrea Mc Lean, President ; G. McLean, Treasurer; Frank Hughes, Secretary and Manager. 
This company owns about 200 lots fronting on Bloomtield and Van Houten Avenues, Albion 




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RE5ID5NCE OF T. M. MOORE, Esa., COR. PASS"IO AND GREGORY AVENUES. 




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GREGORY AVENUE LOOKING SOUTHEAST. 



ami Richard Streets and Hillside Way, in immediate proximity to the Delaware, Lackawanna 
<fc Western depot. There are rigid restrictions governing these lots and they can be sold 
for residence purposes only and for erecting houses of an excellent class. The land is high 
and level and particularly desirable. Its accessibility to D. L. & W. depot adds to its value. 
The prices ruling are from $200, to $300 per lot and terms can be arranged which will be 
advantageous to the purchaser. 

PASSAIC BRIDGE LAND COMPANY. 

President, E. M. Hale ; Treasurer, P. F. Griffin ; Secretary and Manager, Fbank Hughes. 

The holdings of this company comprise over two hundred lots situated on Park, Franklin 
and Van Houten Avenues, Carlton Place, Rutgers Place and the River Drive, and located within 
four hundred feet of the Passaic Bridge station of the Erie. Many of the lots are all im- 
proved, graded, curbed, guttered and flagged and all of them are especially attractive and 
desirable for the location of homes. The restrictions are sufficiently firm to insure the 
building 'if an excellent class of houses and this section of the city is rapidly becoming more 
valuable. The price per lot varies from $300 to $450 and terms will be made satisfactory to 
buyers. 




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PASSAIC HOMESTEAD COMPANY. 

President, S. B. Mills, of New York; Treasurer and Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 

The tract of land owned by the company is a large and fine one located just west of 
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. It is particularly fitted for fine residences. The 
restrictions on the property are such that no undesirable or inferior buildings can be put 
upon it, and the high, rolling character of the ground renders it effective and picturesque. 
The proposed additional facilities of the D. L. & W. at this point will make it all the more 
desirable and valuable as a safe investment aside from its natural advantages. The lots are 
held at $250 to $100 each and easy terms can be arranged for. 

COOLEY LAND COMPANY. 

President, C. E. Mac Chesney, of Paterson ; Treasurer, Alfred Cooley, of New York ; 
Secretary and Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 

This land is located in the centre of the city and there are still about 100 lots fronting 
on Monroe, Quincy and Jackson Streets and Hope and Parker Avenues. In close proximity to 
them are the great Botany Worsted Mills, the largest concern of its kind in the world 
and employing 2500 hands ; also the Me Lean Netting Company, employing over 500 hands 




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These lots are within four blocks of the Main station of the Erie and the Electric Road and 
the new Electric road will pass them. They are suitable for business or resilience and are 
being rapidly built up with high class brick houses on the Philadelphia plan. The prices are 
$300 and upwards per lot, payable monthly if desired. Vreeland Lake constitutes the bound- 
ary on two sides of this tract. It is one of the purest and clearest sheets of water in the 
State and adds greatly to the value and picturesqueness of the property which it touches. 
These lots are adjacent to the great mills, and the Railroad depots of the Erie and Susquehanna 
A Western E. R. 

PASSAIC CITY LAND COMPANY. 

Organized in October, 1880. President, H. E. Bowers; (General Manager for the United 
States of the Guardian Assurance Co., of England, i Vice-President, S. B. Mills, (of Rogers, 
Peet & Co., ) Treasurer, R. M. Strong, of New York; Secretary and Manager, Frank Hughes, 
of Passaic. 

41)0 lots on Burgess Place, Highland Avenue and Main Avenue and Federal and "Wilson 
Streets. This property is especially adapted to the needs of well to do working people. 
The lots range from $125 to $300 each, ten per cent, to be paid down and the balance in 
monthly payments if so desired. The land is splendidly located on high, level ground and 




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is suitable for both residence and business purposes. Main Avenue which divides the pro- 
perty is macadamized and flagged its entire length and the Electric Railroad runs through the 
property. It is located Iwo blocks distant from the Harrison Street station from which 
seventeen passenger trains run each way daily making the trip to New York iu 37 minutes. 
About 200 lots have already been sold, excellent houses are being built and this tract bids 
fair to be one of the most desirable sections of the city. It is constantly enhancing in 
value. 

PASSAIC PARK CO. 

President, Alfred Cooley. of New York; Treasurer, H. P. Doremus, (Cashier Chatham 
National Bank ; i Manager, Frank Hughes, of Passaic. 

The property is located on the Passaic River, opposite the city and the big mills. It 
has between 4000 and 5000 feet of water front along which runs a tine drive. Broad Avenues 
have been laid and opened and picturesque cottages erected. This laud is particularly adapted 
to the residence of laboring people and the prices have been made veiy low to meet their 
requirements. There are nearly 1000 lots ami the figures range from |100 per lot upward. 
Payments made in monthly installments. The new Electric Railroad will run through this 
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Many people prefer buying bouses already built rather than to construct them themselves ; 
and to all such we would say that there are in the market from time to time, houses which 
can be had for $1,200, and upwards. Very desirable and favorably located houses, fitted up 
with all the modern improvements, can be purchased at prices ranging from $3000 to higher 
figures. Buyers can also make favorable arrangements to have houses built for them and 
thus be certain of having a home which shall be in accordance with their needs and their 
tastes. 

No small proportion of Passaic's growth has been due to the existence there of three 
excellent and prosperous Building and Loan Associations. Several hundred houses, some of 
them among the best in the city, have been built, through the medium of these Associations, 
and many people who would otherwise be living in rented houses, now possess homes of 
their own. Persons desiring to build can take shares and borrow money up to $5000 from 
these Associations, giving security on the real estate and paying off the mortgage in small 
monthly installments which are about the equivalent of rent. In about ten years, by this 
method of building, one may own a home free and clear, without assuming meanwhile any 
difficult burden. So popular and feasable are transactions' of this sort that many people 
have built houses in this way as an investment and found the business profitable. Building 




RESIDENCE OF W. R. BROWN, Esq., L4FAYETTE AVENUE. 




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RESIDENCE OF M. E. WORTHEN, Esq., PAjSAIC AVENUE. 



and Loan Associations Lave long siuce passed the experimental period, and have now become 
a recognized and important factor in every large community. 

Arrangements can he made for you by Mr. Hughes to build or buy already built through 
the Loan Associations or through private clients of his office, and as nearly every property in 
Passaic and vicinity is in his charge almost any want in this line can be satisfied, or plans 
can be selected at his office if desired, and a house built to suit your taste on any of the 
different Land Companies' properties. 

From this brief description of these several properties, in which no attempt has been 
made to go into details or to give highly colored statements of advantages which actually 
exist, we believe anv prospective purchaser can make a selection of some favorable and at- 
tractive site for a home. If he does this, and identifies his interests with the thriving and 
substantial city of Passaic, it is more than improbable that he will ever find cause to regret. 

But if he still hesitates to buy and is not prepared to believe what he sees and hears 
without a more abundant knowledge of the place, we heartily advise and cordially invite him 
to come to Passaic and rent a house for a year and we are confident we will be able to retain 
him thereafter as a permanent fixture. 

Pull particulars regarding Passaic, its properties and values can be secured by addressing 
Mr. Frank Hughes at his office, corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Prospect Street. 



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HE career of Frank Hughes furnishes a striking example of what individual enterprise 
and energy can do, not alone in advancing the fortunes of the individual, but in building 
^p^ up a town and benefitting one's neighbors as well. To Mr. Hughes, more than to all others 
is due the extraordinary growth of Passaic during tbe past few years. He was born in Baltimore 
Md., 29 years ago. His father, John Hughes, was a man of great wealth at the time. He 
made his money importing Irish linen to New York, and invested in southern real estate. 
He sent his son Frank to Plainfield, N. J., to be educated. In the panic of 1873-4 Mr. 
Hughes lost all his wealth and was forced to retire to a farm on the shore of Chesapeake 
Bay, where his son joined him and remained until he reached his 21st year. His health had 
always been delicate, but he was too ambitious to live the life of an invalid, so with no 
particular object in view, but with a firm purpose to do something he set out for Philadelphia 



found that lie was too old to engage in mercantile business as a beginner, and made up 
his mind to learn telegraphy. In due time he entered the service of the Delaware, Lacka- 
wanna and Western Railroad as an operator at $35 a month. The fact that a good part of 
his father's money had been sunk in property in Athenia, formerly Centreville, and that the 
mills and houses were lying idle, led him to ask for the position of station agent there. 
That was the lucky move that brought him to Passaic. He was not long in finding tenants 
for the mills and houses, a task that nearly every real estate ageut in Passaic county had 
given up as hopeless. His success in this transaction was what first led him into the 
business df dealing in real estate. He desired to make a start, but lacked the means and 
hail no friends and nothing to depend on for a living but his salary. He tried to establish 
a branch insurance office here, but found that branches would not work successfully. In the 
spring 'if 1886 the Citizen's Association undertook the issue of Picturesque Passaic, and seeing 
that the town had a future before it and that our citizens were enterprising, Mr. Hughes 
made his appearance at one of the meetings, introduced himself to Mr. A. Swan Brown, then 
president, unfolded his plans about locating here and was heartily welcomed by Mr. Brown 
and others. Mr. Hughes always recalls his first meeting with Mr. Brown as the first step in 
the career of success which lie lias since been pursuing. He says Mr. Brown was his first, 



and is still among the best friends lie has in Passaic. Mr. Hughes joined the Citizens' 
Association, contributed as much as any other citizen to the cost of Picturesque Passaic and 
prepared to reap the advantages of the boom which he knew the book would produce. He 
looked for an office and made special effort to induce Warren S. Colegrove, then engaged in 
the insurance business to go into partnership with him. Failing in this he hired an office 
at S Bloomfield avenue and hung out a sign. He did not have a foot of Passaic property 
to dispose of at the time and those who were cognizant of his advent into town remarked 
that he would not last long. That they were false prophets is now quite evident. At this 
writing there is hardly a piece of property for sale in the city or vicinity that he cannot 
dispose of with the consent of the owners, and in most cases he has the exclusive agency. 
He opened the office, a picture of which is herewith presented, in June 1888. Since May, 
1886, he has sold a million dollars' worth of property in and around the city besides organiz- 
ing the Passaic Park Association, the Passaic Park Company, Passaic City Land Company, 
Passaic Homestead Company, People's Building & Loan Association, and a number of associa- 
tions for developing large tracts of laud. He is manager of all those corporations and agent 
for the sale of the property. He is also agent for the Liverpool and London, and Globe, 
Guardian, and Queen Insurance Companies of England, and the Pennsylvania Fireman's Fund, 
National, German-Ainerican, and Union Insurance Companies of this country. In addition to 



the mills and workshops he has located here, Mr. Hughes spent some months last year locating 
several big establishments at Muncie, Indiana. As he is still a young man there is no telling how 
extensive a career of success he still has to run. Unlike the average man of the world Mr. 
Hughes' success has not made him so self-reliant as to be careless about his duty to the 
Master. He is a devoted member and prominent officer of the North Reformed Church. 
He was elected a member of the Consistory when only '27 years of age, being the youngest 
man ever elected to such an office. He is also an indefatigable temperance advocate. 










VIEWS OF THE SUBURBS OF PASS4IC. 




PASSAIC ATHLETIC CLUB HOUSE. 



I nsuranc e. 



ra|N account of the excellent Fire Department and splendid Water Supply of Passaic, insur- 

i\rw/l' ance is lower than in any town or citv in the State, reducing to a minimum one of the 

necessary expenses of a house owner. The business is represented by the largest and 

strongest companies in the World, giving absolute protection against loss by fire, and whose 

names are household words. 



THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE, of England, THE GERMAN-AMERICAN, of New York, 
THE GUARDIAN, OF England, THE AMERICAN OF Philadelphia. 

THE QUEEN, of England, THE PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia, 

THE UNION, of England, THE NATIONAL, of Hartford, 

THE FIREMAN'S FUND, of California. 

The, combined assets of these Companies are nearly $100,00. ',000, and their records for fair 
dealing and prompt settlement unquestioned. Special forms for Pafsaic dwellings are used, and 
rates and information can be secured by addressing the resident agent, Mr. Frank Hughes, 
Passaic, N. J. 



Fio&oci&I Statement of tbe City of Passaic. 



PERCENTAGE OF DEBT. 



DATE. 


VALUATION 


TOTAL DEBT. 


PERCENT. 


DATE. 


VALUATION. 


TOTAL DEBT. 


PERCENT. 


.March 1, 1882 


§2,958,520 


$162,800 


0550 


January 1, 1888 


$3,470,360 


$167,000 


1)481 


1883 


2,028,615 


158,500 


0526 


1889 


3,875,690 


173,000 


0446 


1884 


3,167,403 


155,500 


0490 


1890 


4,006,717 


168,000 


0424 


1885 


3,276,870 


157,500 


0474 


1891 


4,464,315 


196,000 


0439 


1880 


3,270,170 


103,000 


0497 


1892 


4,914,450 


186,000 


0378 


1887 


3,336,520 


182,500 


0547 


1893 


5.500,000 


176,000 


0320 



COMPARED WITH SISTER TOWNS, FROM REPORT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER. 



Ha hway.— Population, 7,000 ; total valuation, $2,700,000 ; 
percentage of debt, .35; debt per inhabitant, $110. 

Batonnk.— Population, 20,000 ; debt, $1,500,000 ; valua- 
tion, $10,500,010; percentage of debt .15; debt per 
head of population. $75. 

Hoboken.— Population, 43,000; debt $1,500,000; percent , 
.08; per head, $35. 

New Brunswick.- -Population, 18,000: debt $1,500,000; 
valuation. $10,000,000; per rent., .15; per head, $84. 



Paterson.— Population. 80,000; debt, $2,000,000; percent., 
.07; per head, $25. 

Elizabeth —Population, 37,000; debt, $3,500,000 ; valua- 
tion, $14,500,00; per cent., .25; per head, $95 

RuTiiERFOitD.— Population, 3.000; debt, $80,000; valuation, 
$1,000,000 ; per cent. , .08 ; per head, $33. 

PASSAIC— Population, 15,000; debt, $176,000: val- 
uation, $5,500,000; per cent., .032; pi r head. 
$11.00. 



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Vital Statistics. 



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FROM THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE STATE 
OF NEW JERSEY, AND REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1891. 



A comparison of the death rate of the Cities ami Towns having 5,000 inhabitants or over, 
shows Passaic up in an enviable light, Passaic's death rate is the second lowest in all the 
Ions list. 



OITIES AND TOWNS. 


00 UNTIES. 


POPULATION 

181)0. 


Newark, 


Essex, 


181,830 


Jersey City, 


Hudson, 


1 68,008 


Paterson, 


Passaic, 


78,347 


Camden. 


Camden, 


58,313 


Trenton, 


Mercer, 


57,458 


Hobokeu, 


Hudson, 


43,648 


Elizabeth, 


Union, 


37,764 


Baj onne, 


Hudson, 


19,033 


( (range, 


Essex. 


18,814 


NevvBruuswiek, 


Middlesex, 


18.603 


Atlantic City, 


Atlantic. 


13,0.")") 



DEATH RATE PEH 

1,000 



Passaic, Passaic, 13,02; 



•27.20 
25.96 
21.87 
23.15 
17.35 
25 02 
19 30 
20.37 
24.50 
17.71 
20.01 

16.81. 



CITIES AND TOWNS. COUNTIES. 



1'dl'l l.ATION 

IS! III. 



DEATH KATE PEU 
1,000. 



Bridgeton, 
Plainfield, 

Union Town, 

Jlillville. 

Perth Amlioy 

Phillipsburg, 

Harrison, 

Morristown, 

Burlington, 

Railway, 

Gloucester, 

Hackensack, 

Salem City, 



Cumberland. 

Union, 

Hudson, 

Cumberland, 

Middlesex, 

Warren 

Hudson. 

Morris, 

Burlington, 

Union, 

Camden, 

Bergen, 

Salem, 



11,424 

11,267 

10,643 

10,602 

9,512 

8,044 

8,33^ 

8,150 

7.201 

7.103 

0,564 

6,004 

5.516 



17.70 
10.89 
23.42 
19.4S 
17.41 
14.00 
27.07 
19.91 
18.30 
19.32 
18.89 

17,«0 



•:• P^g^IC-f P©P + 0FFICE -fDUPM^Y. 



FREE DELIVERY. 



CIVIL SERVICE. 



INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER. 



Office Opens at 7 A. M. and Closes at 7 P. M. 

Money Order Department Open from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. 



ARRIVAL OF MAILS. 
East. -7.00, 9.00 10.30 a. m. 1.00, 4.30 5.30, p. m. 
West. -7.00 ami 9.00 A. M. 1 00, 3.15, 130, 5.20, p. m. 
Patkrson.— 7.00 and 9.03 a. m. 1.00, 3 15, 4.30 i>. m. 
Rutherford.— 9.00 a. m. 1.45 and 5.20 P. M. 
Registry. — East, 9.00 a. m. West, 9 00 a. m. and 3. 15 p. m. 

DEPARTURE OF MAILS. 
East.— 8 20 and 10.10 a. m. 12 M. 2.45 and 7.00 p. \i. 
West.— 8.20 A. m. 4.50 and 7. OH P. M. 
Patehbon.— 8.20 a. m. 12 m. 2.45, 4.50 and 7. no p. m. 
Rutherford. — 8.20 a. m. 2.45 and 7.00 P, M. 
Registry Mails Close.— East, 2.30 p. M. West. 8.00 a. m, 
and 4.30 p. m. 



DELIVERIES BY CARRIERS. 
To Resident Section of the City, 7.00 a. m. ; 1.00 and 

5.20 p. M. 
To Business Section of the City, 7.00 and 9.40 a.m.: 1.00 

and 5.20 P. M. 

COLLECTIONS. 
From Resident Section of the City, 7.00 a.m.; 1.00 and 

5.20 p. M. 
From Business Section of the City, 6.00, 7.00 and 9.40 

a. M. ; 1.00, 4.(i0 and 5.20 p.m. 



TIME TABLE 0E TRAIN SERVICE. 



ERIE. 

Leave Passaic fok New York.— 5.29, 6.09, 0.3(1, 7.07, 
7.23, 7.50, 8 07. 8.22, 8.43, 9.29, 10.33, 10.51, 11.21, a.m. 
1-3.07, 12.27, 1.15, 2.16, 3.04, 4.02, 4.57, 5.31, 6.17. 7.01, 
7.52, 8.20, 9.16, 10.01, 11.33, p. m. 

Sunday Trains.— 7,28, 7,59, 9,30, 10.2."). 11.21, a.m. 12.32, 
1.26, 2 23, 3.04, 3.56, 5.01, 6.57, 7.57, 9.00, 9 58, 11.33, p. m. 

Leave New York for Passaic— 4.00, 4.45, 5.45, 7.00, 
8.00, 9.30, 10 30, 12 a.m. 1.00, 1.50, 2.40, 3.07_L ::::7i, 
4.07^, 4,37i, 5.00, 5.15. 5.30. 5.45, 6.00, 6.15, 6.30, 7 00, 
7.30, 9.00, 10.30, 11.30, p.m. 12.15 midnight. 

Sunday Trains.— 4.00, 4.30, 8.15, 9.30, 10.30, a. m. 12.00 
noon. 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4,o0, 5,00, 6.30, 7.30, s.45, 9.30, 
10.30, 11.30, p. m. 12.15 midnight. 

PROSPECT STREET. 
Leave for New York.— 5.31, 6.11. 0.38, 7.00, 7.30, 7.52, 
8.09. s.45, 9.31, 10.34, 10.53, 11.23, a.m. 12.29, 4.04, signal, 
l.v.i, 6.19, p. M., signal. The following trains stop on sig- 
nal, 8.22, 9.18. 10.03, 11.35, p. m. 



HARRISON STREET AND PASSAIC BRIDGE. 
Leave fou New York. —5.33, 6.13, 6.40, 7.11, 7.32, 8.11, 
8.47. 9.38, 10.36, 10.55, 11.25, a. m. 12.31, 1.18, 2.19, 4.05, 
5.01. 5.34, 6.21, 7.04, 8,24, 9.20, 10.05, 11.37, p. m. 



DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN. 

Leave Passaic for New York.— 6.49, 7.41, 8.44, 8.55, 
11.59. a. m. 1.10, 2.19, 3.59, 4.48, 6.37, 7.34, p. m. 

Leave New York for Passaic — 7.05, 7.20, 9.30, 10.30, 
a. m. 1.00, 4.10, 5.30, 7 30, p. m. 



NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN. 

Leave Passaio for New York. — 0.33, 8.18, 11.08, a. m. 
1.13, 5.50, 6.33, p. m. 

Leave Xew York for Passaic. — 10.30. a. m. 3.30, 
5.30, p.m. 




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